St. Christopher's School Wrestling

I am not looking forward to the almost four hour drive I have ahead of me this afternoon. I was asked to do a freestyle and Greco clinic at Mercersburg Academy by their head coach, who is a friend of mine and a colleague from when I coached at Massaponax. He was the head coach at Mountian View, one of our rivals in the Commonwealth District. It's going to be a fun clinic, but the ride through the heart of metro Washington, DC area during rush hour is not going to be part of the fun.

How about the four St. Chris wrestlers who were named to the All-Metro first team? Way to go Tyler, David, Ted, and Jackson! And looking at the rest of the first team, two other 3Style members were named to the All-Metro team. Additionally, four other members of 3Style were listed on the 2nd Team All-Metro, two being St. Chris wrestlers Trey Tarr and Mark Burlee. Not bad at all for our little club.

Even coaches can get frustrated at practice, as Tuesday's workout (4/15) proved. My technique dummy was not very cooperative with me and actually ended up throwing a forearm that hit me square in the face and nose. Some of the wrestlers told me afterwards that I looked really mad; it was the maddest they have ever seen me in the wrestling room. I laughed it all off and got my payback on my dummy! My nose is okay; I don't think after two or three fractures throughout my wrestling career one more blow to my nose will do any harm. Maybe it will look better, who knows.

3Style practices are looking really good. I am happy with the turnout so far and hope to see our kids do well at some of the local and regional tournaments this spring and summer. Remember, there are two goals for 3Style: 1. to improve on your own personal wrestling skills, and 2. to qualify to compete for Team Virginia at some of the National level events this summer. The Kids and Cadet Division States are in a few weeks at Hopewell HS, so I hope to see plenty of our 3Style kids there. And in June, the Junior States will take place at Henrico HS. Plenty of opportunities ahead for our wrestlers.

Hope everybody has a great weekend of wrestling at Manchester or at the NOVA I tournament at Chantilly HS. Be ready to roll on Tuesday!